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Apostle Misses Mark on Gay Parents

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:41 am
by _Nomomo
Peg McEntee: Mormon apostle misses mark on gay parents
http://m.sltrib.com/sltrib/mobile2/5510 ... y.html.csp
.......What does the church gain by demonizing it?

Nothing.

That’s a tragedy, when so many Latter-day Saints have opened their hearts to the LGBT community, understanding that no one should suffer denigration and condemnation because of their sexual nature.

Oaks and his colleagues are fighting a losing battle. Gone are the days when gays and lesbians lived in fearful isolation. The world is open to them now. It cannot be closed.

I’d suggest a close reading of the Bible’s Matthew 25:40, when Jesus says, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."

Re: Apostle Misses Mark on Gay Parents

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:44 pm
by _lulu
Thanks for putting this up.

I wish it was getting some national attention. I've emailed it around a bit but nobody has picked it up.

Re: Apostle Misses Mark on Gay Parents

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:24 pm
by _Darth J
Dallin H. Oaks (rhymes with "hoax") wrote: "Throughout history, marriage has first and foremost been an institution for procreation and raising children."


How many kids do you have with your current wife, Elder Oaks?

Re: Apostle Misses Mark on Gay Parents

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:27 pm
by _Drifting
Darth J wrote:
Dallin H. Oaks (rhymes with "hoax") wrote: "Throughout history, marriage has first and foremost been an institution for procreation and raising children."


How many kids do you have with your current wife, Elder Oaks?


:lol:

Re: Apostle Misses Mark on Gay Parents

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:57 pm
by _brade
Darth J wrote:
Dallin H. Oaks (rhymes with "hoax") wrote: "Throughout history, marriage has first and foremost been an institution for procreation and raising children."


How many kids do you have with your current wife, Elder Oaks?


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Re: Apostle Misses Mark on Gay Parents

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 4:16 am
by _keithb
Darth J wrote:
Dallin H. Oaks (rhymes with "hoax") wrote: "Throughout history, marriage has first and foremost been an institution for procreation and raising children."


How many kids do you have with your current wife, Elder Oaks?


Good point!

:cool:

Re: Apostle Misses Mark on Gay Parents

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 6:01 am
by _ludwigm
Darth J wrote:
Dallin H. Oaks (rhymes with "hoax") wrote: "Throughout history, marriage has first and foremost been an institution for procreation and raising children."
How many kids do you have with your current wife, Elder Oaks?
He is not in a hurry.

From http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/852273-wor ... es-a-night:
World's oldest dad is 94 – and likes sex three times a night
Becoming the world's oldest dad has meant that 94-year-old Ramjeet Raghav has had to put his sex life on hold.

The nonagenarian and his partner Shakuntala, who is in her 50s, have halted their three-times-a-night lovemaking in order to focus on their new son Vikramjeet.

'I'm healthy and I enjoy sex with my wife. I think it's very important for a husband and wife to have sex regularly,' Mr Raghav, from Haryana in northern India, who spent nine decades as a bachelor, told The Sun.

"When she asks I will go on all night but for the sake of my child I've put our needs aside for now."

His partner added that she does not think her husband seems old, saying: 'He can make love like any 25-year-old man - even better because he can go on all night. And he's a wonderful father.'

The couple also revealed that once they have settled into parenthood they would like to try for a second child.


Ramjit Raghav, 94, and Shankuntala Devi, 52, pose for a picture along with their two month old son Vikramjeet (Picture: Barcroft):
[#img] http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/10 ... 66x310.jpg[#/img]
A damned picture again I can't show to You...

Re: Apostle Misses Mark on Gay Parents

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:36 pm
by _zeezrom
DarthJ,

I am pleased to remind you that Elder Oaks plans to impregnate his wife in heaven.

Cheers,

Zee.